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  89R385 JG-D     By: Lalani H.B. No. 885       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for emergency   outpatient dialysis treatment provided to certain individuals with   end stage renal disease.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 32.02465 to read as follows:           Sec.   32.02465.     MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COVERAGE AND   REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN PERSONS REQUIRING EMERGENCY OUTPATIENT   DIALYSIS TREATMENT. (a) This section applies only to an individual   who:                 (1)  has end stage renal disease; and                 (2)     in accordance with Section 1903(v), Social   Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v)), is eligible for medical   assistance benefits if the benefits are necessary to treat an   emergency medical condition.           (b)     For purposes of 42 C.F.R. Section 440.255, emergency   services required to treat an emergency medical condition include   outpatient dialysis treatment provided to an individual to whom   this section applies at a hospital or an end stage renal disease   facility, as defined by Section 251.001, Health and Safety Code.           (c)     The commission shall ensure that medical assistance   reimbursement authorized under Section 1903(v), Social Security   Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v)), is provided for outpatient   dialysis treatment provided to an individual to whom this section   applies.          SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act   a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a   federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,   the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or   authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the   waiver or authorization is granted.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.